Workman&#39;s clock.



No. 871,087. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907. G. L. GOUGHNOUR.

WORKMAN'S CLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED HOV.9. 1906.

Mime; I Inventor Charkw L. G'ouglwzour.

cr iorney CHARLES L. GOUGHNOUR, OF CANTON, OHIO.

WORKMANS CLOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

IPatented Nov. 12, 1 907.

Application filed November 9, 1906. Serial No. 342.649.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES L. GOUGHNOUR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Workmens Clocks;and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, making a part of this specification, and to the numerals andfigures of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a viewshowing the clock dials and hour hand and the inner dial arm. Fig. 2 isa vertical section showing the different parts properly arranged. Fig. 3is a view showing the rear side of the dial head the hour hand carryingarm and the counterbalance disk. Fig. 4 is a view showing the clock caseproper and illustrating the clock hour hand and the dial hand pointingat O in the outer or fixed dial, the dial and counterbalance disk andits pins dropped or moved to their position of rest automatically andindependent of the movement of the hour hand.

The present invention has relation to workmens clocks and it consists inthe novel arrangement hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing, 1 represents the outer or main case, whichin this instance is an open ended cylinder which is for the purpose ofholding the dial head 2 in proper position and also holding the clockcase proper 3. The clock case 3 is held to the dial head 2 by means ofthe bolts 4, which bolts are passed through the thimble 5, said thimblebeing for the purpose of holding the clock case in proper relation withreference to the dial head 2. The outer casing 1 is provided with theflange 6, which flange is for the purpose of holding the dial headagainst outward movement and at the same time provide a means forclamping the dial glass 7 between said flange and the flange 8 extendedfrom the dial head 2.

For the purpose of closing'the back of the case 1 the plate 9 isprovided which plate is connected to the case 1 by means of screws 10 ortheir equivalents.

For the purpose of holding the dial head 2 against any backwardmovement, the plate 9 is provided with the pins 11, which pins areformed of such a length, or so adjusted that their forward ends willcome in contact with the back of the dial 2 as best illustrated in Fig.2.

It will be understood that the winding post 12 is to be provided withthe usual key 13. The clock mechanism, however does not form anyparticularpart of the present invention except, that a clock mustnecessarily be used to carry out the purpose and object of theinvention. 14, to which shaft is attached the dial hand 15.

The dial head 2 has journaled therein the shaft 3 Upon the shaft 14 isloosely mounted the rod 16, which rod is located as hereinafterdescribed. Directly back of the dialhead is located the counterbalancedisk 17 which disk is provided with the counterweight l8 and the spacedpins 19 and 20.

For the purpose hereinafter described the rod 16 is located between thepins 19 and 20 as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. To the hour post 21of the clock proper is attached the hour hand 22, which hour hand islocated between the pins 19 and 20 which pins are spaced from each otherfor the purpose hereinafter described. As the hour hand 22 is movedupward by the rotation of the hour post 21 it will impart a rotarymovement to the counterbalance disk 17 and also to the shaft 14 uponwhich shaft said disk is securely mounted in any convenient and wellknown manner. As the hour hand moves upward it is in contact with thebottom or under edge of the pin 20, but when the hour hand and disk hasmoved in its upward path so as to bring the counterweight 18 asufficient distance beyond a vertical line or over the center, said diskwill be rotated by gravity equal to the distance between the pins 19 and20', which movement carries the pin 20 away from and out of cont actwith the hour hand 22, and brings the pin 19 into contact with the hourhand 22 by which arrangement the dial hand 15 is moved automaticallyover a portion of the outer dial 23 and of course over a portion of theinner dial 24. matic movement of the dial hand 15 the indicated timewill be advanced equal to the distance moved by the dial hand. The pins19 and 20 are adjusted with reference to each other so that a givenperiod of time will be indicated it may be one-half hour or an hour orany other predetermined period. In some instances it may be desirable tohave the pins so spaced that an hour will be gained and in otherinstances a halfhour. This is simply a question of judgment.

For the purpose of insuring proper contact as between the hour hand 22and the pin 19 the rod 16 which is pivotally mounted upon the shaft 14will after it has passed beyond the vertical line automatically dropupon the pin 20, thereby assisting the counterweight in moving the diskduring the downward movement of the counterweight.

It will be understood that by reason of the hour hand 22 being incontact with the pin 19 the disk 17 cannot rotate except as the hourhand moves and releases the counterweight 18. When the hour hand hasmoved downward until the counterweight 18 and the hand 1;? balance eachother and the down weight is removed from the hour hand 22 the hour handwill then move away from the pin 19 and engage the pin 20 or in otherwords the hour hand 22 will move from one pin to the other at which timethere is no movement of the dial hand 15, which compensates for the timegained by the automatic dropping of the dial hand. The stopping of Itwill be understood that by this autothe dial hand is for the purposehereinafter described to occur during what is commonly termed the noonhour or half hour at which time all the workmen quit, by whicharrangement the time indicated on the clock is the same after the noonrecess that it was at the beginning of the noon recess regardless of thepre-d etermined length of the recess which pre-determined length isfixed by the distance the pins 19 and 20 are located apart.

' It will be understood that the rod 16 will drop into a verticalposition or hang from the shaft 14 but will be picked up and carriedupward by thepin l9 and when again carried over the upper vertical pointis free to drop and perform the function above described. The outer dial23 is divided into the usual twelve or hour divisions commencing with 0and ending with 11, instead of commencing with 1 and ending with 12, thehours or twelfths indicated upon the outer dial 23 and divided. intotenths and are so divided for the purpose hereinafter described. Inpractice the men are supposed to start to work when the hour hand 15 isat O'or no time worked. As the men work the hour hand 15 will of coursebe moved by the ordinary clock mechanism, as above described and whenworking upon various jobs for customers and it is desired to keep thetime of each man upon each particular job the inner computing dial isrotatable independent of any of the clock mechanism and is rotated bymeans of the arm 25, which arm is connected to the inner end of the knobspindle 26, which knob spindle is provided with the knob 27, said knobspindle being carried by the dial glass 7.

The computing dial is divided into twelve divisions and sub-divided intotenths in the same manner as the outer dial 23 and is used as follows byworkmen. Suppose that A works for B commencing in the morning at 0 timeand works upon Bs job two and two-tenths hours, this time is noted by Aupon a slip two and two tenths hours for B. A then quits working upon Bsjob and commences work upon Cs job and when Os job is finished he turnsthe knob 27 and the dial 24 together with the arm 25 to the two andtwo-tenths point indicated in the outer dial and computes the timeindicated between the 0 mark on the computing dial and that indicatedunder the dial hand 15, which is the time A has worked upon Os job, andthis time is noted upon a slip.

It will be seen that any desired number of men can be employed and everyman can Work upon different jobs for different men, and by rotating theinner or computing dial at the finishing time of any particular job, hecan easily compute the exact time spent upon any particular job.

It will be understood that by providing mechanism whereby the dial handis stopped for a predetermined period no account need be takenby theworkman in calculating the actual working time as no time is computed ormeasured by the dial hand during the stoppage of the hour hand, which isto be of course the usual noon hour or half-hour as the case may be. Thenumbers of the division and sub-divisions of the dials are preferablyplaced upon the dials in the ordinary manner or if desired they may beprinted upon separate pieces or parts and the parts connected to thedial head and to the dial plate. 1

For the purpose of rotating the dial 24 by means of the knob 27 theouter end of said arm is connected to the notched plate 28 or itsequivalent. The object of forming the sub-divisions in the dials intotenths is toprovide a means for calculating the time by tenths ratherthan by minutes.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a workmans clock, the combination of a suitable casing and a clocklocated within the casing, a dial head carrying a dial, a shaftjournalcd in the dial head and provided with a dial hand and acounterbalance disk, said disk provided with pins spaced from each otherand the hour hand of the clock located between the spaced pins and aninner or computing dial, said inner and computing dial divided intodivisions and sub-divisions and a dial arm connected to androtatable-with the computing dial, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

2. In a workmans clock the combination of a suitable casing. inner andouter dials, the inner dial rotatable, said inner and outer dialsdivided into divisions and subdivisions each numbered from 0 to 11respectively, a shaft provided with a dial hand, and a disk, said diskprovided with pins spaced from each other, an hour hand operativelyconnected with the clock mechanism and located between the spaced pins,a rod loosely mounted upon the shaft carrying the dial hand and disk,and a dial arm, substantially as and for-the purpose specified.

3. In a \vorkmans clock the combination of clock mechanism and an hourhand operated by said clock mechanism, a shaft provided with a dial handand a disk, said disk provided with pins spaced from each other and theclock hour hand located between the pins, two dials locatedconcentrically with reference to each other, one of the dials fixed andthe other rotatable, means for rotating the rotatable dial, an index armrotatable with the rotatable dial, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

4. In a workmans clock, the combination of an outer case. and an innerclock case, said inner clock case provided with clock mechanism, an hourhand connected to the clock mechanism, a shaft provided with a dialhand, and a disk, pins spaced from each other and the clock hour handlocated between the pins, a gravity rod loosely mounted upon the shaftcarrying the dial and the dial hand, a fixed dial and a rotatable dialand means for rotating the dial independent of the clock mechanism,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In a workmans clock of the class described, the combination of clockmechanism, an hour hand secured to the clock mechanism,. a dial head, ashaft journaled in the dial head, said shaft provided with a dial hand,a counterbalance disk, said disk provided with spaced pins and the clockhour hand located between the pins carried by the disk, an inner dialrotatable independent of the clock mechanism and an outer fixed diallocated concentrically with the inner dial, said inner and outer dialsdivided into divisions and subdivided into decimals, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

cnARLns L. GOUGHNOUR.

Witnesses F. W. BOND, SYLVIA BonoN.

